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+# yourcloud
+
+[![build status](https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/yourcloud/badges/workflows/build.yaml/badge.svg)](https://git.lyte.dev/lytedev/yourcloud/actions?workflow=build.yaml)
+
+A probably-too-big dream project where I run the chat, task management (chores
+and projects), grocery lists, file sharing, media controls, home automation, and
+other things you would normally do "in the cloud" from a home server with a very
+barebones Rust application.
+
+Probably a huge pipe dream.